Thought I'd give some details on this year's World Series events a little over one week into the madness.
Event 4 - 1K NL Hold 'em (Sunday, May 31)
I tried to get registered to play Saturday, but they had already sold out and the registration counter said that Sunday was close to selling out. This was good news because typically the larger the field, the softer the competition. It ended up selling out by 10 am on Saturday.
Pretty impressive turnout and a good sign for poker.
My starting table was pretty soft, but I took an early hit when I opened T9 and was called in late position. Flop came T93 and I bet about half pot. He called and the turn was a 6. I bet about 2/3rds pot this time and he called again. River was a 7 which I wasn't too pleased about. I checked to induce a bet from any missed draws he might have had and also to keep the pot smaller in case he did have me beat. He bet about 1/4ths pot and I called. He had 88 and made the runner runner straight.
That set up my exit hand in level 3 with 50/100 blinds I had about 1700 in chips. A late position player opened and I just called with AA. The big blind called as well and the flop came ten high. The late position player continuation bet and since it wasn't very draw heavy I elected to just call hoping that player might hit something on the turn if they didn't have anything already and I can get all in. Turn was a brick and the player bet all in and I called immediately. Unfortunately he had TT and flopped a set.
Disappointing, but it would have been the same result if I shoved preflop since he would have called with TT based on our stack sizes.
One interesting hand that happened before my bustout was when Marcel Luske got moved to my immediate right and was nursing a short stack of about 900 chips at 50/100 blinds. He ended up getting blinded down to 600 before the following hand took place:
Under the gun player raised to 300. Marcel Luske says "I call for value" and basically commits half his chip stack. It folds around and we see a flop of AJ9. The UTG player now bets enough to put Luske all in and Luske calls and flips up J9!
The whole table had the WTF expression on their face.
The UTG player flipped up his AT for top pair. Of course an Ace binked on the turn to eliminate Luske.
Pretty interesting short stack play by Mr. Marcel Luske.
The entire crew out here went 0-fer in the 1K, but it was a fun event to kick off the World Series.
Holla!
Grant Hinkle
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